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TIL that oysters can get herpes

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BgGjk TIL about the Egypt national cricket team. Active between 1909 and WWII, it was a team of expats and soldiers stationed in Egypt, with only a single native Egyptian playing for it.
awRVM TIL BBC has a kids show called “RastaMouse” where the main character- RastaMouse, is a Jamaican, crime-fighting, reggae music star
R7R44 TIL during the 2012 London Olympic NBC aired a promo for the Today Show congratulating Missy Franklin on winning the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke minutes before the network aired the time-delayed footage of the event.
rogd TIL the common bottlenose dolphin and a false killer whale can mate to make a wholphin
vPwbR TIL that a study shows wearing a mask decreased the quality of chess players’ decisions—a measure of their cognitive performance. However, the disruptive effect of masks is relatively short-lived, gradually weakening so that there is no measurable disadvantage after roughly 4 hours of play.